The struggle of many low-income New Yorkers to afford high-speed internet due to costly plans is highlighted in recent findings by Cornell University researchers. Despite a notable surge in high-speed ...

Julie Maestas didn’t know what she was going to do. Maestas, 48, lives at Camp Resolution in North Sacramento and has a Lifeline phone, which are typically free or low-cost from the government. The ...

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that an $8 billion fund that provides telephone and internet service in rural and low-income communities is constitutional, a break from a string of major rulings by the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to preserve the $8 billion a year the government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas.

Freeman got his Assurance Wireless cellphone three months ago. The time that he lived without it is a blur, he said. "All I remember is needing help and not having a cellphone to get it," Freeman said ...

Illegal immigrants in California may soon be given access to cell phone bill subsidies under a new proposal. The state's Public Utilities Commission will vote on Sept. 26 whether California LifeLine, ...